Lucasfilm teaming up with Marvel for Star Wars comics

A new series of Star Wars comics will be out from 2015 (Picture: Twentieth Centry Fox)

Disney’s Lucasfilm has partnered up with to produce Star Wars comics and graphic novels.

Marvel has the exclusive rights to create and publish illustrated content from the upcoming film franchise from 2015.

Carol Roeder, director of Lucasfilm franchise publishing, Disney Publishing Worldwide, said: ‘In 2015, the cosmic adventures of Luke, Han, Leia, and Chewbacca will make the lightspeed jump back to Marvel, to begin a new age of adventures within the Star Wars universe.’

A new Star Wars film is also about to start production (Picture: Lucasfilm/Reuters)

Andrew B Sugerman, executive vice president of Disney Publishing Worldwide, added: ‘We’re incredibly excited by this next chapter in the Star Wars saga.

‘Bringing together the iconic Lucasfilm and Marvel brands to tell new stories will allow us to continue to thrill lovers of the original Star Wars comic books and entertain generations to come.’

While Dan Buckley, Marvel’s worldwide publisher and president, said: ‘The perennial brand of Star Wars is one of the most iconic in entertainment history and we are honoured to have the opportunity to bring our creative talent pool to continue, and expand Star Wars into galaxies far, far away.”

Marvel Comics produced the first Star Wars comic book, Star Wars #1, in March 1977. It went on to sell more than 1 million copies.